Sentences with phrase «of driver deaths»

The force of the deploying airbag (16 percent) and ejection from the vehicle (13 percent) also accounted for significant portions of the driver deaths in these frontal crashes.

The effect of the changing vehicle mix and changing risks for occupants in struck vehicles is apparent in the fact that 70 percent of driver deaths in passenger vehicles struck on the driver side by other passenger vehicles during 1980 - 81 occurred when the striking vehicle was another car.

The result is that during 2000 - 01 side impacts accounted for 37 percent of driver deaths overall, up from 26 percent in 1980 - 81.

The overall rate of driver deaths for data - checked 2014 models, for some perspective, is 30 per million registered vehicles years.

The bottom line from the data is that smaller cars, minicars in particular, had higher rates of driver deaths than larger vehicles.

Other vehicles in the top 15 of driver deaths are as follows (in order): Chevrolet Spark (96), Nissan Versa (95), Ford Fiesta sedan (83), Kia Soul (82), Dodge Challenger (81), Nissan Titan Crew Cab short bed 4x4 (73), Nissan Sentra (72), Ford Focus sedan (68), Chrysler 200 (67), Hyundai Genesis coupe (67), Ford Fiesta hatchback (63), Hyundai Accent hatchback (63).

By 2000 - 01 these percentages had almost reversed — 57 percent of the driver deaths in cars struck on the driver side by another passenger vehicle involved striking SUVs or pickups, while 43 percent involved striking cars (see Attachment 2, Table 2).

Seventy - one percent of the driver deaths in cars struck on the driver side by other passenger vehicles during 1980 - 81 occurred when the other vehicle was a car.

Not exact matches

Flying bullets aside, the state has the second - highest number of yearly road deaths per 100,000 drivers (7.9).

In the U.S., a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into the 2016 death of Tesla driver Joshua Brown concluded that his over-reliance on Autopilot contributed to his car's collision with a tractor - trailer.

The far - reaching consequences of the recent drop in oil prices have been a testimony to just how central crude is in American life: With cheap gasoline bringing more drivers onto the road, traffic deaths were up nearly 10 percent in the first nine months of 2015.

About 87 % of the deaths and injuries might have been prevented or lessened if vehicles had a collision avoidance system — because they were linked to driver inattention, researchers found.

There was the death of a Tesla driver in May who had been using the autopilot mode at the time, prompting questions about the safety of the software, the explosion of a SpaceX rocket in September that also destroyed a satellite from the Mark Zuckerberg - led nonprofit Internet.org, and SolarCity's continuous habit of bleeding money.

In the case of Waymo, Felten told Fortune senior writer Michal Lev - Ram that her team decided one way to reduce the massive number of global driving deaths would be to remove drivers from the equation by developing autonomous driving technology.

Not only does driving a truck with outdated equipment put the driver and surrounding motorists at risk, the truck's emissions cause a range of serious illnesses, lung cancer, and even death.

In a follow - up study, researchers noted uniform sizes and observed that drivers were more prone to sudden death by heart attack than conductors — regardless of physique.

According to the World Health Organization, China had more than 260,000 traffic deaths in 2013, making it one of the world's most dangerous countries for drivers.

This follows the May 7, 2016 Florida death of a driver using Tesla's driving - assist technologies («autopilot»), which are often confused with self - driving technology.

Four tragic deaths, in four separate instances, using two different flavors of self - driving tech (driver assist & fully automated), but one common thread which we must, as a society and industry, address candidly: user error and — most confoundingly — the abuse or misuse of this technology.

The height of the trailer and its position in the road led to the rare circumstance of such an impact on the electric vehicle that led to the driver's death.

The death of a 13 - year - old bicyclist inspires demands for tougher laws against unlicensed drivers who kill

Hundreds marched across the country in response to the 2015 verdict that found Ontario truck driver Bradley Barton not guilty of first degree murder in the death of Cindy Gladue.

Reports revealed that the electric car's self - driving technology was not able to detect a cutting tractor trailer due to the white color of its side, and the resulting impact led to the driver's death.

A red stop sign is not an attack against drivers it is a warning to keep you from the probability of death.

He says that the Christian view of bodily death is that it is entirely due to the disobedience of Adam and Eve, whereas we now know that death is a key driver of environmental adaptation in evolving life.

I myself am a survivor of a hit - r - run from a drunk driver and I should have died, however the Lord rescued my from death so now I utilize my computer technological skills (since the 80's) and this subject has caught my attention.

Bus driver Kailash Chander, 79, appeared in court last week charged with causing the deaths of Catholic schoolboy Rowan Fitzgerald and 76 - year - old Dora Hancox by dangerous driving.

If a car, when it breaks down, causes a nuclear explosion, you can blame the driver for not taking care of the engine — a little bit, but you also blame the stupid car company that made a car that is ABLE to break down and cause such death and destruction by its mere misuse.

it was the pot that did it» As for the person who was in the accident you can't possibly compare the amount of death, either by a drunk driver or just alcohol poisoning to ANYTHING caused by pot smoking alone.

An inquest into the violent death of a Bundaberg taxi driver resumes after 30 years, hearing of other murders, bondage and satanic practices in the regional Queensland city.

F1 driver steward Mika Salo has said that he's received death threats as a result of the penalty handed to Max Verstappen at the end of the US GP

He would not have driven at all, for it is a race much hated by most of the drivers, but young Cesare Perdisa gave up racing after the recent death of the Italian champion, Eugenio Castellotti, and De Portago, as a member of the Ferrari team, was asked to take Perdisa's 3.8 Ferrari.

Assorted topics were discussed during the nearly 90 - minute taping, including the resentment both drivers had for one another to the death threats Busch incurred in the aftermath of crashing Earnhardt at Richmond.

The driver pulls out his «bible» — Seaman's autobiography — and reveals that it helped him get through two divorces and the death of his dog... which was aptly named Seaman.

He was considered to be one of the greatest racing drivers of all time and his tragic death at 34 was the only incident that could stop him from winning more than his already three Formula 1 World Championships.

Oyeyemi said the FRSC had declared war on reckless drivers because such drivers were responsible for about 40 per cent of deaths of officials of the FRSC in active duty.

The victims mostly farmers, traders, drivers, teachers, festish priests, and small scale miners have been excrutiatingly affected by the collapse of the leading to some deaths, students dropping out of children, and collapse of businesses.

England and Wales left with the highest drink - drive limit in Europe after Malta announces plans to lower legal blood alcohol content for drivers Road safety groups and emergency services call for England and Wales to follow suit No progress on UK drink driving deaths since 2010 Public opinion polls show 77 % in favour of a lower legal limit

UTICA, N.Y. (AP)-- The family of a race car driver fatally injured when struck by Tony Stewart's sprint car has apparently reached a settlement in its wrongful death lawsuit against the former NASCAR star.

On Monday at 9 a.m. at City Hall, «NYC taxi drivers and taxi - base owners will hold vigil at City Hall to raise awareness about TLC's excessive fines and abusive enforcement, and in memory of recent taxi driver deaths.»

Residents have demanded more police enforcement and attention paid to drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians after last year's string of deaths in the West 90s.

«There is really an embarrassing and disgraceful history of non-compliance with federal regulation,» New York Congressman Seam Patrick Maloney, told CNN, who lost a friend in the Metro North derailment at Spuyten Duyvil in 2013, when the driver took a corner at high speed, leading to four deaths and 61 injuries.

Itopa who is devastated by the death of Onukaba said that three of them, including his driver were traveling when they ran into a blockade mounted by armed robbers.

During his Q - and - A with reporters in NYC earlier today, Bloomberg singled out several members of the GOP conference — including his onetime ally Simcha Felder, a former Democratic NYC councilman from Brooklyn who is caucusing with the Republicans — for killing the measure, and said the next death of a child struck by a speeding driver will be on their heads.

New sentencing guidelines published today recommend jail sentences of at least seven years for dangerous drivers who cause death on the roads.

Donations can be made by calling the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers at 917-688-1648 or by calling Chase Manhattan bank directly and referencing «Disaster on the Bronx River 7 Deaths» and account number 3011987533.

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The incident, which occurred on Monday, led to the death of the driver of the van, whilst a policeman escorting the van, sustained gunshot wounds.

The bill would allow for charges to be imposed on a driver involved in an accident where a pedestrian, cyclist or other road user suffers injury or death as a result of unsafe driving.